Brian Burke
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There's no consensus number one pick.
There's no Sidney Crosby.
There's no generational player.
The one I'd say there's five to eight to nine really good players.
Lots of positional help.
There's defensive, like you mentioned.
There's forwards.
There's tough guys.
There's all kinds of assortments to choose from.
You could trade that third pick in Vancouver and get two guys back.
You trade Van Trouwels.
First overall pick and get two guys back.
Keep in mind, Bob, I know I keep bringing this up, but I did not have the first overall pick.
I ended up with the Sedins.
So it can be done.
Had the third, got the fourth straight up.
Had the first pick for about 12 minutes on the floor.
pay it down to pick the two and three.
My point is we started with three, and we ended up number one, and we ended up with a twin.
So I'm not saying it's a comparable draft because that was the weakest draft ever, first round.